Animating Slide Objects
You can apply basic animation to objects such as shapes, text placeholders, text boxes, SmartArt graphics, and charts. For example, you can fly in text or make a shape spin.
Select the object or objects you want to animate.
Click the Animations tab.
Select the animation you want to apply from the Animation group. Click the down arrow to view additional options.
PowerPoint applies the animation to the selected object and numbers it.
Note
PowerPoint Animation Types PowerPoint offers four categories of animations: entrance animations that determine how the text or object enters the slide, emphasis animations that add emphasis to the text or object, exit animations that determine how the text or object exits the slide, and motion path animations that set a path that the selected text or object follows.
Click the Effect Options button to choose the direction to apply the animation, such as From Left or From Top-Right.
Click the Trigger button to specify what triggers this animation to start: the click of a specific object on the slide or a bookmark.
In the Start field, specify when to start the animation: with a mouse-click, with the previous animation, or after the previous animation.
Select a Delay, in seconds, between each animation. If you don’t want a delay, select 00.00 in this field.
Select a Duration, in seconds, to determine how long the animation should last.
Click the Preview button to preview your animation choices.
Note
Animating Multiple Objects If you select more than one object, PowerPoint applies the animation to both objects at the same time. If you want the animations to occur in sequence, you must apply each animation separately.